Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-05
TEE sTGuKE SITUATION.
mprOvemcnt ON the Biyer-ErOnt-
Green Hands Getting Quite
Expert.
by telegraph 10 the Dispatch. J

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New YORK, February r. There was
IA slight improvement in the condition
of aiiairs on the riyer-fronts this morn
ing. The steamship companies are
slowly recovering from the stagnation
of business that the strike at first
caused, and are moving freight with
more dispatch than on any of the past
four or five days. Nowhere is this
more noticeable than on the east-rivcr
front. The steamers are being got
away on their regular sailing
days, and the freight lines are
once more receiving and delivering
goods. In most cases work on the
steamer piers is being done by green
men, and on the freight lines by deck
hands of the freight-boats. Sound
steamers are being discharged and
loaded by their own crews, assisted by
Italian or other non-union labor. The
Ward-Line steamer CienfuegOs sailed
with full cargo slowed away by green
bands. 1t is not considered that there
will be any danger to the vessel arising
from the shifting of the cargo as she
strikes the heavy breakers of Hatteras,
as the work YVES done under the superyi-
sion of an old foreman. The steamer
niagara is being loaded to-day, and
will be ready to sail on time tomorrow.
There are about twenty old hands at
work OH this dock. They were given an
advance of forty cents for day work and
sixty cents for night work. At the
Brstol-Line dock the steamer Warwick
was discharged with her own crew and
fifty Italians. The regular men did not
put in an appearance when the boat ar
rived. The Alamo, of the Mallory Line,
is still at her dock When she will be
ready TO sail no one can tell, but an eff
font will be made to get her cargo in by
tomorrow The City of San Antonio
and the Lampassas are also docked,
waiting TO be discharged.
Very little freight was being offered
at the Hartford Freight Line, Pier %.
The Baltimore and Ohio Continental
Line pier was open, but there were no
men at work AT the Clyde Steamship
Company's dock the Seminole was be-
ing discharged. They made but slow
progress
The Clyde daily Philadelphia line, at
Pier %, opened mp this morning, but |
very little freight was offered. Only a |
few men were at work. The men on |
the pier of the New England who |
turned out yesterday refused to go back |
this morning unless their demands were
complied with. The Red I'D" Line |
steamer Caracas is being loaded to-day |
10y non-union men.
At the headquarters of the Ocean
Association to-day it was said that
Smith 4 Mcneil had agreed to supply |
quantity of provisions for the faml- |
hes Of the strikers, and that many land
lords had agreed not to press them for |
rent. Supplies were offered also by |
butchers and bakers. The strikers on
the pier of the New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, East river, were to-
day admitted into the union.
This makes over 400 admitted |
this week. The caulkers and ioiners |
at work repairing the Guyandotte, the |
Old Dominion steamer that was
damaged by the explosion of an in
fernal machine, struck to-day out OF
sympathy with the freight-handlers.
Their places will be filled tomorrow by |
non-union men. Coopers employed
along piers with the millwrights joined
the strike to-day. The painters and
mechanics on the Guion Line struck to-
day.
The Old Dominion people expe-
rience great difficulty in loading. They |
cannot tell when the Guyandotte or any |
other vessel will be ready to sail The
III Paso, ofthe Morgan Line, is laid up |
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